D.C. Bureau U.S. Senate moves ahead with immigration bill expanding detention for theft, shoplifting

[Omaha Steve]

Source: Nebraska Examiner

By: Ariana Figueroa - January 13, 2025 9:39 pm

WASHINGTON — The U.S. Senate Monday voted to proceed with consideration of a bill that would impose new mandatory immigration detention requirements for immigrants charged with property crimes and give broad legal standing to state attorneys general.

In an 82-10 vote, a majority of Senate Democrats, 32, and one independent, joined Republicans.

Nine Democrats voted against the bill, S. 5, including Sens. Tina Smith of Minnesota, Ben Ray Luján of New Mexico, Jeff Merkley of Oregon, Andy Kim and Cory Booker of New Jersey, Ed Markey and Elizabeth Warren of Massachusetts and Brian Schatz and Mazie Hirono of Hawaii. Vermont independent Sen. Bernie Sanders also opposed it.

Senate Majority Leader John Thune said on the Senate floor that the bill, named after 22-year-old Georgia nursing student Laken Riley, is “a common sense measure that should be an unquestioned yes for every senator.”

Read more: https://nebraskaexaminer.com/2025/01/13/dc/u-s-senate-moves-ahead-with-immigration-bill-expanding-detention-for-theft-shoplifting/

[no_hypocrisy]

1. Where is the Equal Protection Clause (14th Amendment)?

Undocumented immigrants are subject to detention, possible deportation, for shoplifting and/or theft while our homegrown All American thieves get a fine or a warning?

[Skittles]

6. while a MULTI-FELON can be PRESIDENT

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OMFG

[bucolic_frolic]

2. If you steal the presidency or burden the Treasury with debt for tax cuts

that's not a problem.

Big people commit big crimes and get away with it.

Up your game, people. There's a future in grand larceny.

[Javaman]

3. this is the future...those who are not deported will be jailed...

and those who will be jailed will be put on work gangs to pick our food.

the gop will then crow about how they have the food shortage workers covered.

[DeepWinter]

4. idk

"...would require Homeland Security to detain migrants arrested for burglary, theft, or shoplifting."

All things considered, you'll probably find a fair number of Democrats that are OK with this. 48 House Democrats are, 32 Senate Democrats are, and that does reflect something about the base as well.

OK, they're poor, broke, and resorting to crime as a last ditch effort. A compromise might have to be made to detain them, house them, feed them until we figure this out because the overall population isn't going to be OK with this and the optics for Democrats will look terrible ignoring it, or worse, pretending it's fine and acceptable.

[JohnnyRingo]

5. I personally don't mind if they deport convicted criminals.

I would not be alright in cases pending as it could lead to govt (T)rumping up charges against anyone with dark skin.
I would expect any country on Earth to do the same thing. I'm sure if I enter Canada and get caught stealing I would be ending my visit shortly.

[LeftInTX]

7. They shouldn't be deported before they are convicted.

Often they get plea deals for minor crimes and the deal includes deportation.

But, I think they're concerned that many migrants disappear after they have made bail. And they're already transient with no records and their address in their other country is unknown. You can't track them down. Certainly a skip tracer can't find them etc. Citizens and legal residents have addresses, phone, family etc...